March 8, 1932, to May 11, 2025
It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the family announces the passing of Edgar on May 11, 2025, at the age of 93.
Edgar is survived by his wife of 65 years Elizabeth (nee Martyniuk), children, Ronald (Theresa), Sheila and Pam, grandsons Reinhart, Branden, granddaughter Jamie and sister Charolette, relatives, neighbours, and friends.
He was predeceased by parents, Carl and Florence, sister Florence “Lyla” and brothers Bernhard and David.
Edgar was born in the little farming town of Percival, Saskatchewan. Having no interest in carrying on the family farm, he moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, eventually settling down in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
One sunny day while at Assiniboine Park, he met the love of his life Elizabeth. They married on April 23, 1960, together they raised three children, and numerous cherished pets.
He worked a variety of jobs from shipping, sales, real estate, and hotel management in Portage La Prairie. He packed up family and moved back to Winnipeg, got a job selling lawn and snow equipment. Taking the advice of a customer, he started The Lawn Ranger, a landscaping and snow removal business until his retirement. He also did small home repairs, built stairs and fences. He was a jack of all trades always on the go to help someone out.
Throughout his lifetime his true passion was working with wood. If something broke, he would repair it with wood, better than new. If we needed something he would make it out of wood. He built hobby toys out of wood, trucks, cranes, rocking chairs, dog and doll houses, furniture, farm animal wood carvings and more.
He was well known for his silly jokes, his gentle and kind demeanor. He would bend anyone’s ear to discuss politics and world events. He spent his leisure time with family, or down the basement in his workshop. He loved nature shows, carpentry shows and reading the newspaper. Hearing “the news is on” was a daily ritual in our household. He was a social person and well-liked by those who took the time to get to know him.
After coming down with kidney disease in his late seventies, it forced him to quit his home repair business. To occupy his time and earn pocket change for coffee dates with Elizabeth, he sought comfort in his passion for woodworking. He created his own design for birdfeeders and cottage style birdhouses. He showcased these pieces to the staff at St. Boniface Hospital where he was undergoing dialysis treatments. His crafts became so popular he could not keep up with the orders.
He suffered many health events and 15 years of dialysis treatments. Edgar spent the remainder of his time watching forensic file TV shows, listening to music, watching animal videos for Elizabeth, going for car rides to the hardware store, parking lot visits with family and feeding the deer.
We take solace in knowing that he is now at peace and has left this world on his own terms.
Our family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the St. Boniface Hospital Dialysis Unit for the wonderful care, compassion and tremendous kindness Edgar and his family received over the years.
As per Edgar’s wishes cremation has taken place. The Celebration of Life to honor Edgar will be at The Viscount Gort, 1670 Portage Avenue on Saturday, May 24 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Family and friends are invited to share memories and condolences on Edgar’s memorial page using the comment field below.
